Lust for Songs

Giulia is a speaker from a radio show in Rome. I listen to her show from time to time, and when we're synchronized we use to exchange few comments on Facebook in real time. 'bout a week ago Giulia left a shout with some vague notes referring to a blurry and quite generic protest. Just for fun I told her that it would have been a great stuff if Iggy Pop would ever should decided to turn those writings into lyrics, so it happened that it was me instead of Mr. Iguana to start putting down that song. In a first time it was an impressive amount of shit-gaze and noise, but some friends persuaded me to turn down around the 3000% of the volumes of those fuzzy guitars. Since it ended with me really being satisfied with the lyrics, but not with the drums, I decided to go for a more relaxed and genuine version of the song with an acoustic version of it.

Which one is better? You tell me!

• Tiny Tide - Lust for Clubs
• Tiny Tide - Lust for Clubs (Acoustic Version)

Here's the lyrics so far...

Lust for clubs


"Is there anyone here relly dying to tie the corps.Rise your hand.
Is there any hand layed by keepers trying to make you slave. Nothing saved.

I would rather have had no chance to get your brains impressed. It's a smash
from a leggin with a low-cut boot to a blue platoon. Clean your shoe.

Crush your hana-bi on a retro beat of a parallel magazine
Cut some extra grass from your indie tracks
throw the rice on a house of glass

We'll be fab
We'll be fabric
over 45 vynils
Shake that ass
Make a mess
WE'll be nazi downunder

We'll be fast
We'll burn fabric
over ballrooms and tarverns
Come and fuck
That's a fact
Thas's a factory girl and she's lust for clubs



TWelve died in a gun maniac act down in temple pub.
Tried to save some time but the clock just went' out of luck.

Now you need a man to attend your cheerleader burst
But "Let's not make a fuss" it's the ad of my midnight crush.


Cross the police line triple murder child, cover your social life suicide
Wed your lesbian love, drive your mother nut
smuggle all you've been deined

We'll be fab
We'll be fabric
over 45 hot guns
Shot your eyes
Walk on blind
WE'll be zombie downunder

We'll be fast
We'll burn fabric
over ballrooms and tarverns
Come and fuck
That's a fact
Thas's a factory girl and she's lust for clubs


She' a factory girl She's a super star"

Parallel Floors

It was a real pleasure playing at Magazzino Parallelo after the place guest our rehearsals for such a long peridod. It was even better getting to know Nothing Meets All, an exquisite bunch of musicians and well mannered human beings.

Magazzino Parallelo is a strange place, looking very close to Top Cat head quaters rather than a venue, but not so few people find themselves so comfortable in there that you can find people just hanging around quite any time of the day. It was suddenly raining when I came to the place for the soundcheck, and I found those guys relaxed and chatting under something we could easily roughly call a gazebo, making me quite confuse rather they were from the band or not.

It happen... most of them they were! Soundcheck O'Clock for us.

Mike Leffe (Oh, yes. He changed his name again) was busy setting the sound for another side project he had to play in after our show, so Alessandro, N.M.A. drummer, was so kind to play drums with me in order to adjust the right amount of noise of it all.

I planned to do a new track called "ONE" alone. Since I didn't ever play that one live, I asked Alessandro if he minded trying that one, so I would have had a chance to check if all the chords were right. Well. Alessandro never heard that song before, but the result was SO good that I asked if he would have agreed to join me on the stage to do that number.

Time passed really quickly from 07:00 PM to 10:00 PM. So quickly that I was wondering what Porlock was doin' in there when he arrived. He was in to watch the show, of course!

They say... we did great! The sound of the guitar was excellent, or at least how I like it, and was so deep that these two men managed somehow to sound like a band.

Playing alone with Mike gave me the chance to improvise a little bit more, and "Bye Bye Love" cover seems to have improved a lot! (now I've got only to learn the lyrics properly!). With Alessandro on stage we went even further on what we have tried during the evening. The jam seemed not to have an end, evolving in and out and always fading into something new. It was really cool! Hope we'll play with that band again.

• Some pics of the show
• Mask Me Mask Me Mask Me
• February
• Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers Cover)
• ONE / Satellite Of Love (Lou Reed cover) / A Song for EMI
• February (Backstage with Porlock)

I Magazines Paralleli

Ciao tutti amici gatti. Dopo anni che il Magazzino Parallelo ci ha adottato prendendosi cura di noi come mici randagi quasi ogni settimana per più di due anni, è un grande onore che vi annunciamo il prossimo live. Proprio Sabato prossimo, presso di loro!

Sabato 29 Maggio Ore 22.00

Saremo io e Mic ad aprire per gli amici Nothing Meets All (che nome LOSTiano!) e speriamo di vedere tanti amici che cominciavano a chiederci se fossimo stati divorati da qualche pacman energizzato. Mic proseguirà la serata al Notturno esibendosi con Fiore.

See ya there! Miao! :)

Right Lane Free

I've got this song in my head for more than a year. I keep on singing it to myself since months. It's practically already recorded in my head, especially any time I find myself on some highways during trips heading to a faraway gig. Such a shame I discovered, with my great disappointment, I wasn't the first person having thought at that melody line for the choir. Blame it on my. I have to admit AC/DC is not my cup of tea, and when I heard that song on the radio I felt like swallowing frogs. Fortunately Andrea, a friend of mine, insisted for me not giving a crap and goin' head for it, so I gave it a try. Hope Angus won't get angry with me.

Here's the lyrics. The song is called "Right Lane Free"

"Oh yeah, we were just buisy driving
running in the streets
confiding in some good time
escaping at full speed
the city just a rumor
we're gonna leave behind
I'm sitting in the backseat
and shouting at those cars

KEEP THE RIGHT LANE FREE

It's sunny in the highway
the perfect day to ride
get ready Montecarlo
It's gonna be so nice
We're fighting with the mix-tapes
The soundtrack of our lives
Don't wanna see you sleepy
wide up your eyes and see

KEEP THE RIGHT LANE FREE

The World that we are living
is such a pile of crap
It's sinking in confusion
nobody gives a damn
We're killing one another
Just dying to be first
Have you lost your direction?
Please hold on calm and still

KEEP THE RIGHT LANE FREE

Leave it to the jackass
move over Mr. Safe
Be sure to take a good breath
and flow into the jam
Accidents will happen
to those who drive in fear
avoiding any conflict
is reasonalby smart for me

KEEP THE RIGHT LANE FREE"

Let's Kingem!

Hi there fellow readers. Just to let you know that our presence in the Muz Biz will spread from Vulpiano Records to KinGem Records as well, hoping they will squeeze out both the best of us helping us to spread our love and music in the world :)

While we hope Marylin Roxie from Vulpiano will be back soon from her "European Tour" to check out our latest project, we're gonna share a song for KinGem on their first release, an electro indie pop compilation. Get ready to pop!

Star Band Song Riders

E' quasi passata una settimana, e non ho ancora avuto tempo di scrivere nemmeno due righe su questo blog. E dire che uscito dalle prove mi sarei precipitato immediatamente a fare trabordare un po' del mio entusiasmo anche su queste pagine elettroniche.Ebbene sì! Nonostante la stanchezza ero carico a palla, soprattutto quando abbiamo attaccato con "The Smiths & The Cure", forse perchè avevo portato Chuck (la Gretsch nera) al posto di Clint (l'acustica che solitamente per evitare sbattimenti mi porto fisso alle prove). Pedaliere che, provvidamente, i miei compagni di avventura mi hanno fatto subito spegnere (a loro dire troppe distorsioni, troppi delay) per tornare alla carica con resa centuplicata.

Perchè mi sono divertito? Voltando le spalle a Mic Leffe ("Noooo! Proviamo qualcosa di vecchio...") ci siamo lanciati in due brani nuovi nuovi mai provati dal vivo tutti assieme: "Manga Nurse" e "FIX" (e mi sa che per un po' di prove insisteremo su questi fino a quando non riescono a puntino). Durante la registrazione della demo non me ne ero reso conto... ma "Manga Nurse" è veramente tosta da suonare e cantare contemporaneamente! Meno male che c'è Dendrix che mi dà una mano! (Era in formissima Dendrix! Sarà per l'uscita dell'album di Slash?). "FIX" è un bordello completo. Fuoriesce dal solito canone di canzone con 4 accordi che facciamo di solito e fatico io stesso ancora a ricordarmeli tutti quanti di fila. Ancora deve trovare una sua dimensione.

La serata si è chiusa in 5 minuti di cazzeggio cosmico che però potrebbero aver portato a qualcosa di veramente interessante: ci siamo abbandonati spontaneamente (a dire la verità ha cominciato Denrdix!) ad una versione molto rock di "Stand By Me" in DO, quindi cantanta bassissima, come se la dovesse rifare Brian Ferry, e estemporanei assoli di synth.

Potrebbe portare risultati molto interessanti in una jam al prossimo live :)

Tiny Tide - "The Smiths & The Cure (Number#9 Version)"

Tiny Tide - "Manga Nurse" (Demo)
Tiny Tide - "FIX" (Demo)

PS: Manuel (dopo che gli ho rotto il cazzo per mesi) è stato così gentile da prestarmi una tromba! Ho provato a giocarci un po' alla fine delle prove e Dendrix dice che assomiglio già ad un tiny Louis Armstrong! Speriamo che dia buoni risultati e non mi si rovinino le labbra!

MNNR

I there! "Manga Nurse" has been recieved pretty well quite by... EVERYONE! Someone has even made a fan video collage based on late 90's anime FLCL by Gainax. Check it out :)

The Rainy Room

It has passed really a lot of time since I've written a new song. Since we're still buisy recodring our first ablum "Febrero" (I'm actually buisy with the recording and pre-editing of "Tiny Train" and "A Song For EMI") and a scottish dog with a hat has suddently appeared showing us the way though the world of small indie music business, fan knocked at the door asking for new songs (you don't believe it, uh?) while friends simply wondered if we're still alive! Oyesswaresir!

So now: while I still recorded an complete second album ("TenneT"), caressing the idea to collect come covers gathering them in new work, and conspiring undercover writing stuff for an imaginary fictional band, I also felt the urge to start of writing new original stuff for Tiny Tide.

I came out with a song called "Manga Nurse", where I had the chance to play for the first time with James, my new Stagg Bass. And that's the next question that came in my mind: which was the place for this song? What if another Tiny song would appear? I needed a hub, a place to gather this new stuff. After a talk with my dear friend Marie I decided to put the songs... in a room! All the leaks collected inside four walls, dropped from a room to another. That's how "The Rainy Room" was born. Feel free to come and visit from time to time to check its new songs.

Here's the first one

Tiny Tide - "Manga Nurse"

"Blue eyes, yellow hair

she ain't no natural blond like all the other girls

Tight jeans, bunny hopes

She spins on and on from the edge of the World

Bye bye, so long dispair

Will she treat me fine with lot of love and care

She's my pretty little silly star get ready to get rocked in space

Will she ever come and meet me she's got everything that it takes

Manga Nurse

She walks, here she comes

moves are one-o-one like stop motion shots

Get smile number 3

Got emoticons to show how she feels

Can't see she's not real

Because love is blind and can't lead you here

That's tough to understand

reading right to left to get cause/effect

She speaks in Japanese

She ain't so hard to please

She's into Magazines

with paper hearts on sleeves

She turns me on and on

She burns my credit calls

She's into limousines

She never love for real"

CAN YOU FEEL THE LIGHT! HOPE YOU SEE THE LIGHT!

"Tiny Tide is a pop band out of Cesena, Italy and their name is intended to be a poke at the pretentious "New Wave" label. Even so, The Wildheart EP kicks off withThe Smiths and the Cure, which has a serious new wave sound straight from Bauhaus. Part of it is that Mark Zonda's voice reminds me a bit of Peter Murphy and the bass intro reminds me of Bela Lugosi. "

That's only the beginning of the amazing (and cleaver) review of Jester Jay (check out his blog) on Tiny Tide "WildHeart EP". The interview goes on... here! Enjoy.

Faker than Roswell Alien Autopsy!